(AFP) Norway’s intelligence agency on Tuesday raised its terror threat level to “high,” fearing fallout from escalating tensions in the Middle East.
The announcement, which brings the threat level to four on a scale of five, comes after attacks last week on Israel’s embassies in neighbouring Denmark and Sweden.
Norway’s normally unarmed police have been ordered to carry weapons on patrol.
“We are raising the threat level from moderate to high in Norway due to several factors, primarily the current escalation in the Middle East,” PST intelligence agency spokesman Martin Bernsen told AFP.
“We have no information about any concrete or realistic plans aimed at carrying out terrorist acts on targets in Norway,” he stressed.
